ID 838972
Lot 5 | DAVID HOCKNEY (b. 1937)
Estimate value
$ 3 000 000 – 5 000 000
Four Different Kinds of Water
signed 'Hockney' (on the reverse of the left canvas); signed again 'Hockney' (on the reverse of the second canvas from left)
acrylic on canvas, in four parts
Each: 14 x 10 in. (35.6 x 25.4 cm.)
Painted in 1967
Provenance
Kasmin, Ltd., London.
Tony Richardson, London (acquired from the above, by 1969).
Private collection, Los Angeles (acquired from the above).
Acquired from the above by the late owner, 1999.
Literature
V. S. Naipual, “Escape from the Puritain Ethic" in Daily Telegraph Magazine, 10 December 1971.
N. Stangos, ed., David Hockney by David Hockney, My Early Years, London, 1976, p. 301, no. 195 (illustrated, p. 162).
N. Stangos, ed., Pictures by David Hockney, London, 1979, p. 56 (illustrated).
D. Hockney, Hockney’s Pictures, London, 2004, p. 360 (illustrated in color, pp. 68-69).
M. Gayford, A Bigger Message: Conversations with David Hockney, New York, 2011, p. 244 (illustrated in color, p. 196).
D. Hockney, David Hockney—A Bigger Book: Chronology, Cologne, 2016, p. 90.
Exhibited
New York, Landau-Alan Gallery, New Paintings and Drawings, March-April 1967.
Manchester, Whitworth Art Gallery, Paintings and Prints by David Hockney, February-March 1969, no. 24.
London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, David Hockney: Paintings, Prints and Drawings, 1960-1970, April-May 1970 (illustrated, p. 64, pl. 67.3).
Kestner-Gesellschaft Hannover, David Hockney, May-June 1970, p. 33 (illustrated, no. 40).
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| Artist: | David Hockney (1937) |
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| Art style: | Post War Art |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | David Hockney (1937) |
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| Art style: | Post War Art |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
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